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Zab Judah says he means business when he faces Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday: “At the end of the day, this is like the old Roman days. The only thing that I can’t do is behead him, I can only knock him out.”

Paulie Malignaggi said he never has lost to a southpaw, which Zab Judah is, and that he is unconcerned about the judges despite his rancor over scoring in his past two bouts at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

Two-division titlewinner Paulie Malignaggi says he had knockout power in his right hand before it was ravaged by repeated injuries and surgeries. Malignaggi faces fellow veteran Zab Judah in their native Brooklyn on Saturday.

Undefeated welterweight contender Kell Brook spoke to RingTV.com about his Saturday showdown with former WBA beltholder Vyacheslav Senchenko, fighting at home in Sheffield, England, and who he’s set his sights on in the 147-pound division.

Adrien Broner’s trainer Mike Stafford plans to “unleash” a “more vicious” version of the WBC lightweight beltholder on Paulie Malignaggi, who Broner challenges for the WBA welterweight title on July 22.

Kendall Holt after Friday night’s loss to Lamont Peterson: “My body just wasn’t responding. My body and my mind just weren’t on the same page. My body wanted to do one thing, and my mind said do something else.”

Ricky Hatton’s painfully long public therapy session ends Saturday when he meets Vyacheslav Senchenko, 3½ years after being knocked out by Manny Pacquiao. The scars left him with addiction issues and estrangement from his parents.

Bob Arum on Jimmy Kimmel’s spoof of Manny Pacquiao: “Something like that is so invaluable in promoting a fight. It gets to an audience that isn’t necessarily into boxing. There’s no telling what effect it has.”

Ricky Hatton, who returns to the ring on Saturday to face Vyacheslav Senchenko after battling addiction and depression during a three-year absence, told Telegraph Sport that boxing became his ‘therapy’ to escape drugs, drink and suicidal thoughts.